NOTES OX A COLLECTIOX OF BIRDS FKOM TSUSHIMA. llo 



Empire. Altlioiigli I have no continental specimen to compare witli, 

 I do not lie.îitate in tlie Jea^t to consider the specimen now Ijefore mc 

 as of tliis species, as it matches perfectly with Mr. Sh-irpe's descriptii-n 

 in Brit. Mus. Calalogne, voJ. X. It is a male adiill in full [.hima^-e 

 (iMus. Xo. 174G). The hlack of the throat is a Jarg'c patch and tlie 

 base of tlie secondaries is white on hoth webs. Dimensions : Wiu;'- 

 00 mm. ; Tail-feather 89 mm. ; Tarsus 24 mm. ; Middle toe with claw 

 17 mm. ; 15ill in Iront of nostril 10!^ nnn. 



The specimen was shot March 24th (jn Mitsii-shima, a group of 

 rocks at the northern end of T.^ushimji. The collectors looked on it 

 as a.n old example of 21. Uujens ; but it is at once distinguishable by 

 the absence of black eye- s tripe. 



ly. Anlhus spinolella japonicus, (T. k s.) 



Taliibari. 



A specimen in much aliraded plumage was secured, Febr. 20th. 

 !'lo<'ks of this bird were observed several times. 



I'J. Fringilla sinica, L. 



Ko-kawiir<iLi\va. 



^ ery common on the island, but only a single male specimen 

 was obtained. 



20. Passer montanus, (L.) 



Hnzumc. 



Aery abundant near houses as in Hondo. A specimen was 

 brouuht home. 



